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Hugo Alfvén

1872 - 1960

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Hugo Emil Alfvén (Swedish: [alˈveːn] ; 1 May 1872 – 8 May 1960) was a Swedish composer, conductor, violinist, and painter. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hugo Alfvén has received more than 152,140 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Hugo Alfvén is the 312th most popular composer (down from 296th in 2019), the 184th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 170th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Swedish Composer.

Hugo Alfvén is most famous for his work with electromagnetic fields and the Earth's magnetic field.

Memorability Metrics

  • 150k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 59.48

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 31

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.43

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.57

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Hugo Alfvén ranks 312 out of 1,216. Before him are André Campra, Miklós Rózsa, Giovanni Bottesini, Clemens Krauss, Leonardo Leo, and Keith Emerson. After him are Pietro Della Valle, Nikolaus I, Prince Esterházy, Eugen d'Albert, John Dunstaple, Cécile Chaminade, and Sigismond Thalberg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1872, Hugo Alfvén ranks 37. Before him are Archduke Joseph August of Austria, Princess Clémentine of Belgium, José Sanjurjo, Henry Tingle Wilde, Julius Fučík, and Ralph Vaughan Williams. After him are Mikhail Tsvet, Édouard Herriot, Archduke Joseph Ferdinand of Austria, Ottokar Czernin, Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark, and Willem de Sitter. Among people deceased in 1960, Hugo Alfvén ranks 31. Before him are Walter Baade, Felix Kersten, Ethel Voynich, Friedrich Adler, Ida Rubinstein, and Henri Guisan. After him are Victor Klemperer, Mack Sennett, Eddie Cochran, Beno Gutenberg, Dimitri Mitropoulos, and Salvatore Ferragamo.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Hugo Alfvén ranks 184 out of 1,612. Before him are Oscar Montelius (1843), Britt Ekland (1942), Knut Wicksell (1851), PewDiePie (1989), Franz Berwald (1796), and Markus Persson (1979). After him are Princess Sophie of Sweden (1801), Per Albin Hansson (1885), Birger, King of Sweden (1280), Prince Eugen, Duke of Närke (1865), Olaus Rudbeck (1630), and Per Olov Enquist (1934).

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Among COMPOSERS In Sweden

Among composers born in Sweden, Hugo Alfvén ranks 2. Before him are Dieterich Buxtehude (1637). After him are Princess Cecilia of Sweden (1807), Wilhelm Stenhammar (1871), Kurt Atterberg (1887), Johan Helmich Roman (1694), Allan Pettersson (1911), Wilhelm Peterson-Berger (1867), Lars-Erik Larsson (1908), Einar Englund (1916), and Eddie Meduza (1948).

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